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Term 49: May - August 2018 Term Forty-Nine: A Hoard of Trouble (Sept 2095 - June 2096)

 
 
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Do you have a knack for flying? Would you like to be on a team with some of the most talented students in school? Are you a member of Gryffindor House? If any of these apply to you, you have come to the right place. If playing Quidditch or making life-long memories and friendships is your dream, then put on your Gryffindor robes, hop on your favorite broom and show everyone what you’ve got!

Are you simply curious to see who will make the cut and represent Gryffindor in the Quidditch Cup? Then by all means, join in from the comforts of the Stands.

The Gryffindor Captain; Abraham Botros Jr. (Felixir), will guide you through this tryout. Best of luck!



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This thread is for IC purposes only. The members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team will be selected by the Flying Official (potterobsessionist) and the Hogwarts RPG Admin (Zoe) after the completion of this survey.

The following team positions are available: 1 keeper, 2 beaters, 3 chasers and 3 reserves.

Please check the Flying Noticeboard and the Gryffindor Common Room Noticeboard for the final results.

This thread will remain open until the survey closes on the 18th of May.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Zoe or me via PM.

Have fun!

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It's time for the Gryffindor team to build on that team spirit and most importantly; figure out a way to finally lift that Quidditch Cup.


The Gryffindor Captain; Abraham Botros Jr. (Felixir), will guide you through this practice.



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ooc: Welcome to the Gryffindor Practice! This is for IC reference only, for you guys to have FUN!

This thread will remain open until the 11th of June approx 7 - 8 pm CET.

Felix will hold this IC practice and if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Felix or me via PM.

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Beau was PRESENT.

Present and attentive and he was wearing his luck underwear over the TOP of everything else he needed to be wearing. Anyone on the team last year would have seen the underwear multiple times on hot days when he had decided to fly around in just those...

SORRY NOT SORRY.

He hoped Emma was on her way. And that faces he wanted to fly with again were here.

Because he HAD to make the team just based on the fact he was on it last year? Yes? Right? He WAS right, right? It was unfair to be any different.

And this boy had a damn wedgie.
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So this was it, today was the day. The first part of the whole point of that shiny red and gold badge that had been the source of Abra's MASSIVE ANXIETY but also most of his good feelings for the past few weeks. Tryout day, time to oversee the... well... the tryouts. Yeah. That.

As worried as he was about oversleeping or getting his time management spectacularly wrong and missing his own team's tryouts, the morning had so far gone off without a hitch. He'd accidentally woken up earlier than he needed to, had had a good breakfast, and was down at the pitch early enough that it was actually necessary to wait in the stands for half an hour or so. There were so few problems, in fact, that he was feeling suspicious, and feeling suspicious naturally made him anxious.

But literally everything made him anxious, so that was really to be expected.

Noticing the first arrival down at the pitch, Abra quickly packed up the playbooks he had been perusing (they had belonged to West and Alice once, and he found them incredibly interesting, if not mega useful) and headed down to join them. When he approached, reaching a trunk of supplies already set out and ready, seeing Beau, he gave him a broad smile. It was always easier to be relaxed around people he was already friendly with, and they had been on the team together the term before. Perhaps starting off this whole thing by being relaxed was another (suspiciously) good sign.

"Hi Beau, it's great to see you back at tryouts this year," he said to the younger boy, and he meant it. "I figured while we wait, we can do some stretches to warm up, that way once everyone's here we can all get up in the air as soon as possible." Because, you know, being in the air was the best part. People could join in the stretching as they turned up too, he would let them know what they were doing.

Also, should he mention the underwear?

... He wasn't going to mention the underwear. Nothing really surprised him with Beau Montague, but in a good way.

With that, Abra started stretching out his arms and his legs. He wasn't about to do anything mega strenuous himself, not while watching and assessing everyone else, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to loosen up a bit before getting up in the air.


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Beau was excited for Abra, he WAS. But secretly he missed Zoryn who probably would have commented on his underwear or did something unsavoury to his hair. BUT HE SUPPPOOOOOSED that this was going to be less distracting for the year and he might be able to learn some SERIOUS flying skills from his new captain. There was a reason that the Botros kid was a SEEEEEEEKER and not a measly chaser or keeper or beater. Mad skilllllz.

"HI ABRA. MORNING. You ready to TEST us all????" Or just him, because no one else was here yet. Eyyyyyyy. Maybe this was going to be a two man team. They could do it, right? Abra on seeker and Beau on everything else? YAAAAAAS.

Stretches? The boy shrugged, for this was his least favourite part of everything, but he dropped to the floor and lay on his back. Then he put his arms in the air and his legs too, before pedalling his legs like he was a crazy kid on a bike and punching the air with his arms.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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She was here!

Rylee made her way down to the pitch as fast as her short little legs could carry her, her broom from home held firm in her hand. There was noway she would be trying out for the team again without it. Her long gently curled ginger locks were already pulled back into a neat braid.

"Hi, Abra!" Rylee gave the new Quidditch Captain a smile. This was going to take a bit of getting used to. "Hi, Beau." A smile went to her fellow lion as well. It was just the there of them so far? Well alright then. Didn't look like she missed anything at all either. Only stretches were happening.

Setting her broom down beside her feet, Ry with stretching her arms up high above her head first reaching up for the sky, before bending down to touch her toes.
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"Sure am, Beau. I'm ready." Or something. Maybe. Possibly. Actually, he was already starting to get a little twitchy about the whole thing. There was also that horrible pressure in his chest that demanded to be noticed and which he was trying desperately to ignore so he could focus on the third year instead. "I hope you're ready too!"

As he went on stretching, Abra spied another young Gryffindor making her way over, and gave her a wave with the hand attached to the same arm he had pinned across his chest. "Hey Rylee. Really glad you made it!"

He tried to be as GRYFFINDOR as he could with his enthusiasm but... that had never really been his strong suit, especially when he wasn't around his closest friends. Merlin, he wished more of them were Gryffindors. BUT THE POINT WAS that he was trying, okay? Okay. Yes. Trying.

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When more of his housemates had arrived at the tryouts, Abra - who was, by now, definitely trying not to visibly freak out - waved his hands in the air for everyone's attention.

"Okay guys, hey. Hi. So, to anyone that doesn't know, I'm Abra, and I'm the Gryffindor CaptAIN-..." Right. Well. Had his voice really just done that? Right here? Right now? Seriously? It really had. Abra gulped and tried to MOVE ON PAST THE EMBARRASSING VOICE BREAK like nothing had even happened. Even though it actually had. "... and, uh... welcome to tryouts." His heart rate was going completely out of control, having to stand up here and TALK to everyone like this, like he was in charge or something. Abra paused a moment, just a moment, to collect himself before continuing. "This term we're looking for a keeper, two beaters, three chasers, and three reserves for the team. I'll still have a seeker station out there if any of you want to show off your seeking skills, but the position is unavailable unless you want to train as a reserve." Because... well... that was his position. There were so many spots available though, that hopefully disappointment would be kept to a minimum on that score. Still, Abra definitely avoided making eye contact with certain people as he said this part, then quickly moved on.

"Once you're all stretched and ready to fly, go ahead and tell me the position you're trying out for, then kick off and start flying around the pitch. Try to keep the speed up, but keep your eyes open, because when you've all done a couple of laps, some of these will be flying at you." Abra paused and leaned down to the trunk at his feet, opened it up, and pulled out what looked like a bludger, but clearly wasn't as heavy. "These are inflatable bludgers. They look and act just like the real deal, but if they hit you, it shouldn't feel any worse than a slight sting." You know... hopefully. "As we all know, bludgers are a right pain in the broomstick, so I want to see how well you do at dodging them, just in case." Abra was aware that beaters were usually supposed to actively take them on, and that also having beaters on the team should have negated the need to dodge bludgers, but it helped to know the players could avoid them on their own too. This exercise was more like a test of agility than anything else, so he wanted to see them all give it a go.

"After two warm-up laps and two laps avoiding the 'bludgers', meet me in the air in the middle of the pitch, and I'll outline the rest of the stations." The bludgers should leave them alone then. "Good luck! Have fun! Please don't crash into each other!"

Meanwhile, Abra supposed he should start taking notes on that clipboard of his. Ugh.

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Also, don't forget to also fill out the survey as well as posting here. I'll be moving us on in maybe 24 - 48 hours. Don't hesitate to message me if you need me to clarify something.
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Zoryn was mortified more than anything else. How was she supposed to show up and face her Abra’s team without feeling like an utter failure? Being on the other side of try outs felt like a total demotion. Of course her parents would probably murder her if they found out she was here and that did give her a slight sense of satisfaction, knowing that she was defying them. But it still felt wrong. She hated it.

In true Zoryn Spinnet fashion, however, the girl showed NO signs of the true emotions that were running through her head. Instead, the Gryffindor managed to show up looking as thrilled as ever. Quidditch, BOOOYA! Right? Right.

She slipped into the group right next to Beau just as stretches began and gave him a nudge. “Nice underwear,” she snickered as she pulled it’s waistband to give it a light SNAP! She gave the rest of them smiles too, of course and Abey got a thumbs up, he was doing great. It was supposed to be her job. But he was doing good.

He was a nervous kid, y’know? But got the words out alright and Zor was following along with his instructions (there were a lot of those). She wanted the beater position, obviously. But first laps. Standard procedure. Zoryn hated them, but respected ‘em all at the same time. You sorta had to. Mounting her the broom, the Gryffindor kicked off and— she was wobbly.

Of course she had forgotten that an unfamiliar broom would take some getting used to, which meant she ought to take it much slower than she typically would. It was frustrating having to use a old, unkempt school broom when you were so used to QUALITY. Lacking any ounce of patience and determined still, the fifth year started off with a great deal of speed, racing through her laps and avoiding bludgers along the way.

All the while, she felt like she was grappling with a beast. This broom was not made for any real Quidditch player. She was trying hard to keep the frustration from showing on her face. C’mon Spinnet, you got this.
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Alright Quidditch. Chase had been practicing. Last year, he had just played with his friends and gone to matches to support his house.. This year was going to be different. He was going to take the risk and try out for the sport. Right. He smiled in greeting to his fellow housemates before sidling up to Beau and nudging his dormie with his elbow softly in greeting. Here they were. "Hey Abra. Beau! Rylee!" Then offered his other fellow lions a happy nod.

He remained silent and listened to Beau, giving him his undivided attention. Right. Stretches and warm ups. Before he started his two warm-up laps, Chase began with his stretches. Grabbing the top of his left ankle with his hand, he bent his knee and pulled it behind him. Then he gently tugged his leg close to him, holding it for thirty seconds. Then he swapped legs. He continued stretching for another minute before he proceeded to run his two warm up laps.

Nice and easy. Not too slow but a decent pace was necessary. It wasn't a sprint. Not a sprint at all. Just a good workout. He hummed a song in his head to help him keep a better pace. He stopped humming when he was about to reach the end of his second lap. Alrightie then... Time to avoid the bludgers. Now where would they be coming from?

He heard a whistling noise that became louder and louder and louder. Zzzzoooom. Chase heard the noise and then did a somersault forward to avoid the bludger. Craash. Yep, that totally hit the ground behind him. He didn't take the extra second to look behind him. He got to his feet and continued running. Then he heard another rushed noise. Another bludger.. another lap. He increased his speed and then swerved to the left and then the right, dodging the bludger. YES! Second bludger done. Haha! TAKE THAT. His face turned pale when he heard another zooming sound. "Come on... Give me a break..." he muttered as he rolled out of the way of the incoming bludger.

And second lap done! Woohoo! Victory was his. He took a deep breath to slow down his racing heartbeat. Woah. That was an intense second set of laps. Grabbing his broom now, he headed over to Abra. "I'll be trying out for Chaser," he said with a smile. Though to be honest, he didn't mind what position. Chaser or Beater- he had played both before but Chase the Chaser had a ring to it for certain or so he liked to believe. With that comment, he lifted off from the ground and then flew into the middle of the pitch.
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Anna the athlete was heeeere, woooooo! That was literally the most exciting day ever after her races over the summer because she got to FLY using her OWN - BRAND NEW - BROOM! AAAHHH!!

The third year jogged her way down to the pitch, her AMAZING broom firm in her grip, and smiled brightly and waved at all that were there. Ok, this was probably more exciting and fun than the races as those people there were all her friends one way or the other, while she only met the people from the race on the day. Being with friends was always more fun, so Anna was super excited. YAS!

She did some dynamic stretching, with some squats and JUMPING repeatedly before sprinting on spot for a good number of seconds. Another good few high jumps before shaking her arms and legs to releeeease the tension. aklfjsdkSDKJF SO FUN ALREADY!!

Anna continued with some shorter jumps while listening to the instructions Abra was giving and nodded a few times. AW, his voice broke! HEEHEE, how adorable! Anna chuckled as she continued to jump, her ponytail bouncing from one side to the other behind her.

!!!!TIME TO FLY!!!! Best time EVER!

The Gryffindor immediately stretched her hand over her broom. "Up!" And it zoomed up to her hand. HEEHEE! As she was mounting it, she heard Chase say he was trying out for chaser. "Chaser Chase!" She said, giving him the typical Meriwether cheeky grin. "I'm trying out to be a chaser too!" She told Abra, looking at him to make sure he had caught that before she kicked the ground and took off.

Honestly, flying was literally one of the best feelings EVER! If all lessons could be done in the air, Anna would love them all. But alas.

ANYHOW, she was there now and it was time to race do some laps and warm up. Two laps with no bludgers coming at them!? Sounded like the perfect time to test her Thunderbolt 6000 again. She was in love, did they know? SHE WAS. HER BROOM WAS AMAZING!!!

Ok, she knew this was just a warm up and not a race, but she couldn't HELP it. This was too FUN. And her broom was too AWESOME! So evidently Anna was about to fly as fast as SHE COULD because !FUN! And also because she could. Thunderbolt 6000, hellooooo!

Hi, Zoryn! Bye, Zoryn! She sent the older girl her cheeky grin as she past her with a !ZOOM! on the first lap. She kind of felt bad for Zoryn having to use a rubbish school broom, but... she was having way too much fun. Sorry not sorryyyy! She did dodge the light weight bludgers as well as she could and she wasn't going to lie, that was some good workout already, right there.

She was obviously LOVING it already.

When that part was done, she zoomed up to the middle of the pitch to meet Abra and wait for the next set of instructions.

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Beau tried his hardest not to laugh when Abra's voice did that funny squeaking thing. He let out a titter behind his arm that he had been stretching out and tried not to look at their new Captain...especially as Zoryn had now joined them and Beau wasn't sure what the deal was about it all or if there was any beef between the two now. Were they supposed to choose sides? Was there going to be an in-team rivalry? Was Zoryn going to try tell Abra what to do out of habit?

GOSH this was going to be like a school play all over again. HOW FUN.

Beau snapped his teeth in Zoryn's direction when he plucked at his underwear waistband. And then he grinned because he was totes kidding. TOTES. PROMISE. PINKY PROMISE. TRIPLE PINKY DINKY DONKY PROMISE.

WAI8T?! It was time to fly?! YESSSSSSS.

"KEEPER, PLEASE. Or Chaser. NOT BEATER." He was not Smeliane or their Mum. "Keeper most. But remember how good I was on the team lasssst year, Abra? Rememmmmmberrrrr?" Because...honestly... he was ENTITLED to his spot again. Why did he have to tryout agaIN?! AND WHERE WAS EMMA?!!?!?! Beau needed to see her on the team properly this year. And if she didn't turn up to tryouts...then she wasn't even going to make reserve.

Honestly. She'd gotten a broom of her own. That should have been enough to make her get her stinky butt and big hair down here.

LAP TIME. EYYYYYY.

Beau got straight up into the air on his broom after telling Abra which position he wanted and went as F A S T as he possibly could around the pitch, loud squeals and all. "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" How were there people in this school that didn't fly?! How were there people who hadn't ever gotten onto a broom?! Those poor sods were missing out - that's what his Grandad would say.

SUUPER FAST. SO FAST. ZOOM ZOOM ZOOOOOOOOM.

BEAU GO GO!
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With that first sort-of-speech thing over, Abra thought he would maybe sort of chill out a little bit and start to calm down. He hadn't. Or... well, no, okay, maybe he sort of had. In a way. Maybe he was now mistaking exhilaration - a rush of adrenaline - for anxiety. It certainly wouldn't be the first time.

Abra was now up on his own broom but still hovering down near the ground, making notes as those trying out told him their intended positions and took to the air. When Beau's voice piped up again, Abra looked up at him.

"Got it, not beater." He nodded, and put a little 'K/C' next to the third year's name before looking up again. He KNEW what Beau was getting at there. He kneeeeeeew what he was trying to say, and it made him feel just a tiny little bit awkward. One thing Abra did not want to do, intentionally or accidentally, was promise someone a spot on the team just because they had it last year. Mostly because he'd get into super big trouble for something like that, probably. So, he just smiled and nodded at Beau. "I remember, but you'll have to refresh my memory in these tryouts, now that we're here." That was Abra speak for, 'Sorry, nice try though.'

Once everyone was up in the air, Abra pointed his own broom up and hovered in the dead centre of the pitch, rotating slowly in order to watch everyone as they completed their laps with the inflatable bludgers after them. He had to admit, even though it was mega awkward, he was glad that Zoryn had decided to try out again, and that his presence hadn't totally put her off. She showed a lot of skill even after a bit of a wobbly start and the fact that the school broom (which he had absolutely noticed) was like an extra obstacle now.

Then there was that Spenley kid, Chase, who was showing some real talent with his evasive manoeuvres. Why on earth he hadn't tried out last year-... actually, no, Abra didn't really care about that. He was just happy that he'd come to tryouts this year. As for Ollie's little sister, Anna, Abra was unsurprised to see that she had a definite need for speed. It was great to see she could still handle the broom at that speed too. Beau was another one who prized going fast too, which, again, wasn't really a shock to Abra at all. He'd flown with him a lot last year, and knew just how BEAU GO GO he could be.

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Once the laps were all over and done with, it was time for the individual stations. More talking, and please no more voice-breaking. Pleasepleaseplease.

"Okay guys-" there was a definite waver in his voice, but nothing more dramatic than that "-hopefully you're all warmed up." Abra tucked his clipboard under one arm and withdrew his wand with the other, so he was holding onto his broomstick with just his legs. With a series of muttered spells and a quick wave, series of hoops appeared way up above, and a bunch of targets sprang up at one end of the pitch. "The individual stations are divided up by position, and you can switch between them if you want to try out for different things." He cleared his throat, sat up a little straighter on his broom, and gestured to the corresponding sections of the pitch as he spoke.

"Beaters, you'll be down that end of the pitch. There's a bunch of targets set up in the scoring area, some still and some moving. Come grab a bat from the trunk, and then I want you to hit bludgers, real ones this time, at the targets. Show communication skills with each other where possible and also actually please try not to hit any actual people." That was for proper Quidditch games and would likely be a bit of an inconvenience today. "Chasers, at the scoring area on the opposite end of the pitch, take turns trying to score against the Keepers. When you're not having a go at scoring, pair or group up and fly around and pass one of the extra quaffles back and forth. Don't be afraid to show off."

Oh boy, this was a lot of talking, this was a lot of people. Why was he doing this again? Abra wasn't remotely warm, but he could feel himself sweating. Be West. Be Alice. Be someone who's not you, please. "Keepers, I want you to take turns defending the hoops from the Chasers, and again, don't be afraid to show off. If anyone wants a go at the Seeker station-" Here Abra pointed straight up "-there's a bunch of hoops up above us. I'll release a couple of practice snitches. Find one, chase it through the hoops, and catch it." Simple.

"If there are any questions, now is the time to ask them. Otherwise... uhhhhh..." Ummm... "Three, two, one, go?"

Yes. Go. Do your thing Gryffindors. Meanwhile, Abra flew back down to the trunk on the ground and kicked it open, sending the practice Quidditch balls out and into their respective areas, and chucking a few of the quaffles up into the air for the potential Chasers to take. He took the opportunity to Summon back his inflatable bludgers, then prepared to start undertaking some more the responsibilities of his badge (read: watch everyone else fly around while he was stuck taking notes).


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Frustrated was putting it lightly.

Zoryn's patience for the school broom was very quickly wearing thin. Its turns weren't clean enough, it had nearly no acceleration beyond the rate at which she was already flying, and beyond all else... It wasn't even cute!!!!!!

She had already fallen behind both Beau and Anna (who had just managed to lap her only moments ago). Hopefully Abra wouldn't be docking too many points because it wasn't her fault, really! She was trying her absolute best and despite the rocky start, she was starting to get a better handle on it.

Slow and steady though, unfortunately.

If her parents found out she was doing this, she'd be dead. Which was perhaps the only factor that kept her motivated to continue through the rest of the tryout. More than anything though, she wanted to leave and go to her spot. The spot in front of the forbidden forrest. But she was in the air now. She loved this. She loved flying. Must. Keep. Going. Yeah.

Finally she was at the end of the last lap and boy, she couldn't have been happier to get it over and done with. After marking the finish, she hovered in place for a minute or so... Trying to cool her head off a little bit. Didn't need the rest of the team to know how much she hated this. She was doing FINE!!!!!!!!!!

Right.

Anyways, she was flying back to join the rest of the team now near where Abra was hovering so that she could listen to the next set of instructions. She knew the drill, of course. They did the same thing last term too, stations. Standard procedure. Get to see everyone in their element, take notes on who worked well together. Get to see how aggressive people got. It was the ideal way to do things, in her own opinion. Not that her opinion really mattered much anymore.
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The hugest brightest of smiles went to everyone! Mhmm! Abra, Beau, Chase, Anna and Zoryn! Smiles all around cause this little ginger was in the very best mood ever still! "Me too!" she giggled in response to Abra's warm welcome. "Hey, Chase, you made it!" It was awesome seeing him at tryouts after they had talked about him possibly trying out and even practicing together sometimes.

After some more toe touches and reaching for the stars, Rylee did a bit of jogging in place, arm rotations, a few jumping jacks, laid down in the grass to do a bridge. Just in time too it seemed. Speed laps and dodging inflatable bludgers..nice. Only one little problem now...

Rylee rubbed the toe of her sneaker around in the grass a moment trying to quickly decided what to do. What she wanted was to be Seeker. That's what she went for last term. That was also Abra's position and he was the Captain now. She had really meant to ask Zoryn since the start of term feast which position the older girl thought she should really tryout for since SHE had worked with her all last term but... well that hadn't happened. It had been her own fault really for which she still felt really badly for but the change of badges had shocked her! Now she was confused... who to ask?

"Up!" Rylee commanded her broom holding her hand out over it her broom slapped firmly into the palm of her hand. Grasping it firmly she wandered over towards Abra. Zoryn... was already off flying so she couldn't ask her now anyhow... uh-yeah. "Abra?..." she began quietly peering up at the taller boy. "I'm not really sure which position to aim for. When I was on reserves last term I learned to play them all, though we focused a good deal on Chaser and Keeper." However no one seemed to say they wanted to play Beater. It was beginning to sound rather appealing... if maybe she wasn't so... tiny? Or was tiny a good thing?
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"Up!" Rylee commanded her broom holding her hand out over it her broom slapped firmly into the palm of her hand. Grasping it firmly she wandered over towards Abra. Zoryn... was already off flying so she couldn't ask her now anyhow... uh-yeah. "Abra?..." she began quietly peering up at the taller boy. "I'm not really sure which position to aim for. When I was on reserves last term I learned to play them all, though we focused a good deal on Chaser and Keeper." However no one seemed to say they wanted to play Beater. It was beginning to sound rather appealing... if maybe she wasn't so... tiny? Or was tiny a good thing?
HmmMMMmm? Oh. Right. Abra. That was him.

He smiled down at Rylee, doing his best to use his genuine smile and not his 'I'm-terrified-of-this-entire-situation-and-screaming-internally-actually' smile, knowing that the latter could be a little... unsettling. Luckily, he was great at acting and so usually his face did what he told it to.

"Let's see then..." Abra considered Rylee for a moment, then looked out over the pitch, and then back again, nodding. "My first instinct is to tell you to go for Chaser, because you're small and fast... but those qualities also have their advantages elsewhere on the pitch."

Rylee, Abra remembered, had tried out for Seeker last term and had probably planned to do the same this term, and so she was really one of the Gryffindors whose eye he had tried to avoid earlier. He felt guilty for taking the opportunity away. Evidently not guilty enough to try himself in another position, but still. The thought was there. Anyway, the point was, those skills were still transferrable and versatile. "You're welcome to have a go at all the stations, so we can see where you'd fit best, but if you want my advice, I suggest giving Chaser a try. Maybe have a go at the Beater station too actually, with Zoryn." Merlin knew, that girl proved that you could be small but mighty, and so far tryouts for Beater were looking a little thin on the ground. And in the air.
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Zoryn was only half paying attention as Abra dressed the team. Mostly because she felt like she ought to have been the one up there in his position, but also because she was still incredibly annoyed at how stupid this school broom was. How had she managed to use one her whole first year? That was the real mystery of Hogwarts. Anyways, she did pay attention when beaters were given their task for the day. She was feeling pretty confident about this whole tryout thing (at least she had been before she had to wrestle with a broom). Hopefully the next task would be loads more manageable than the preliminary laps.

Before heading towards the other end of the pitch, the Gryffindor flew down to grab a bat from the trunk. Yet another thing she was made to leave at home. Her bat. Her special, lucky beater’s bat. Not that these ones were any different. Unlike brooms, bats were pretty standard and were made at pretty much the same quality. It was just her familiar grip and the countless victories behind her old one that made using an unfamiliar one frustrating.

Either way, she grabbed one of them from the trunk and made her way to the end of the pitch where all the targets were set up. It took her a moment to balance on the new broom, now that she was carrying some extra weight. But soon enough she was swinging at bludgers and sending them towards targets, at first focusing on the stagnant ones.

It was no surprise that she was able to hit them right at their center on the first go. She lived for this. There was really no other position she’d ever want to play. Not willingly, anyway. She loved getting to swing a bat and DESTROY things. Only, it was more fun when your target was an enemy player. Zoryn Spinnet had sent her fair share of players to the hospital wing with very little remorse. It was the way of the game, of course.
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Rylee rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet, peering up at Abra while he spoke. Each and every single word that flowed from the older boys mouth was taken into deep consideration. There was nothing to mess about with here. There was no denying she was small. Having hardly grown half an inch over the last year she was still much smaller than most of the first years which made her rather ideal for a Seeker or Chaser.

Seeker wasn't an option though, at least not this term or anywhere in the foreseeable future. Hmm. Abra thought it best for her to try out for Chaser and Beater. This she could do. "You got it!," Rylee grinned up at him brightly turning on her heeling to run off and get started on flying those laps around the pitch she still needed to do. She made it all of three steps before suddenly stopping, spinning around on her toes once more to face Abra again, smile still in place, "Just so you know, you're a brilliant Seeker, Abra. While I may have been a little disappointed in not getting the spot last term I'm not anymore, kay'?" See? No hard feelings. They were housemates after all.

Racing some feet down the pitch, Rylee came to a halt, tossed her leg over her broom, positioned her hands the way she liked and kicked off the ground hard. Up, up, up into the air she rose the wind hitting her face stinging her cheeks. It was all about speed and Rylee wasn't going to mess around this term, during the last tryouts she had been shaky having only just gotten her broom. That wasn't happening this year. Not by a long shot. The confidence was all there. A lot of practice had been done over since then.

Faster and F A S T E R she went around the pitch until she completed two full laps. Right now nothing could get better than the this! The fresh air, wind hitting her face, flying free! There was nothing at all like it!
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Actually, Anna was pretty happy she wasn't the only one going super fast. How AWESOME was it to fly with other people who loved flying too!!!? SO AWESOME!! She didn't have that back home, but it was like she had found her PEOPLE right at Hogwarts. YAS!

The third year grinned and beamed in the general direction of the others, but she was still aware that that was a tryout and... well, she needed to prove to be better than some others. BUT she still had to work as part of the team. HUH. That should be fun!

She listened to Abra as he told the lot of them what the next thing to do was and eyed the scoring area intently. "Okay." She said, holding onto her broom with a single hand and nodding while she absorbed all of the instructions.

When the captain threw some quaffles up in the air, Anna made sure to get a hold of one and !ZOOM! her way towards the scoring area promptly. SHE WAS READY FOR THIS, YAAAAAAS!! Merlin, how exciting! SHE WAS SO EXCITED! Grinning at the other people trying out for chaser, she tossed the quaffle up and down on her hand as she waited for the student that was trying out for keeper to go towards the hoops.

She was first, yeah? "I'LL GO FIRST!" She yelled to call DIBS. YEAH, SHE WAS! FIIIRRRSSSSTTTT!!! "Ready!?" She asked the keeper, only to then realise maybe that hadn't been the best move because hey- if she had caught them by surprise that would've been better for her. Oh well, maybe next time!

Holding the quaffle properly again, she did a side loop to put some more space between her and the hoops before picking up more speed and flying towards the hoops. Anna held up the quaffle and THREW it towards the hoop on the right.

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Beau had almost forgotten that this was a tryout for the team, because he was just having fun being in the air again. Summer had been SOOOOOO busy with holiday and girlfriend and sleeping that he hadn't even really been on his broom. So this was EXCEPTIONALLY FUN. WAHEY. And..because he'd forgotten... he did two extra laps of dodging bludgers and high fiving himself (yes, it was a clap) when he got past one. There had been an almost collision with one, but that was because he hadn't taped his socks to his legs and one was falling down so he had trieeeeeed to grab it and pull it back up to his ankle...and then....you know. whizzing bludger and all. y i k e s.

NO INJURIES THOUGH. Just a dodgy swerve up and an almost roll that hadn't been planned.

THAT was then he remembered where he was and what he was doing so he gathered himself and got to the centre of the pitch to listen to old Captain Abra for the next part of their stufffff. He SUPPOSED that he needed to decide which station he was going to hit up first. Chaser OR Keeper? Hm. KEEPER 4 SURE. "GOOD LUCK, BUTTBRAINS." And no luck to Chase because if Beau didn't make the team and he did then their dorm was nOT going to be fun. Ever ever ever ever ever.

Actually, now he just felt competitive so he was going to go to that chaser station and make Chase look SO BAD AT IT ALL. (or work good with him, whatEV) THIS. WAS. GAME. TIME. (Well not a real game but SO COMPETITIVE.) With them dismissed to go to stations, Beau zooooooooomed off to go do some chasering, but like.. Anna had him beat to it. Ugh. Fine. Instead of practicing the working with others, Beau watched the girl go for it and score and looked like the cat who had never been given cream. Looked so sad. So sad. Beau was SAD. These people needed to stoooooop with all this talent and giving him more competition.

"IT'S MY TURN NOW." Which meant every other buttbrain needed to fly aside and let the PRO show them how to do this. (Yes, he was a pro now that he had spent a year on the team) (That was normal, right?) (RIGHT?!)

"Watch the master, idiots." He muttered as he took a hold of a quaffle a little way away from the others so that no one was going to hear. Honestly like he would say that close enough to them.. And he NEEEEEEDED to make himself feel better. Remind him that he was GOOD at this. This was his thiiiiiiiiing. He had to have school quidditch for himself because his sister had the U17 team and his Mum had the whole quidditch thing as her job. Beau needed SOMETHING. SOMETHING, PLEASE.

W H A T E V E RRRRRRRRRRRR.

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The kid was ready.

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WE DON'T THINK U READY FOR THIS BEAUEY

Quaffle clenched close, the third year leaned into his broom that responded instantly to his movement (yay for brooms that understood you) and together they shot towards the hoops. Beau's chest was close to the handle of his broom for the majority of the flight until he came close to the hoops - the left side - when he straightened up slightly and brought the quaffle into his hand ready to throw.

AND THEN HIS GO GO TACKKKKTICKKKKKK WENT HAMMMM and the boy went underneaaaaath the hoops and round to the right side before throwing the quaffle straight through. "EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

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As soon as Abey gave the word, Faith all but zoomed off to the keeper hoops. ZOOMED. She'd been looking forward to this moment all summer. ALL SUMMER. And even though it was a bummer that Zoryn wasn't captain anymore, at least now that meant that they could sleep in for a few more minutes before they went down to the field. Everyone knew how much Faith Chosen loved her beauty sleep.

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Arriving at the hoops just in time to see Beau throw the quaffle at the right hoop, she clapped enthusiastically, although her keeper gloves muffled the sound. "Room for a keeper?" she asked, diving to catch the quaffle before they even had a chance to answer.

She learned how to dive safely from the Welsh U17 seeker, who singlehandedly saved their entire nation from being a disgrace in the summer series, and she had to admit. It was paying off. Especially when she caught the quaffle only seconds before it would have hit the ground, immediately sweeping (HAH, A BROOM PUN) up towards the hoops. Now in position, she threw the quaffle towards the chaser pair.

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Anyone who had known Abra for more than, say, a few hours would know that he was a crier, and not just when he was sad either, but for pretty much every single emotion. So it was, for this reason, difficult to get a grip of himself when Rylee went and said that to him. The relief and the appreciation was almost too much.

Almost. Because, you see, as long as he wasn't upset or anything, it wasn't too difficult for him to act his way through situations and not to get TOO emotional, in order to spare others from feeling awkward around him. He was getting better at it.

"Thanks, Rylee," Abra said, after taking a moment to make sure he could smile his way through his words and not just start bawling with relief. "That's really, really great to hear." It WAS, too. Abra grinned at her as she sped off to start her laps, and then as she went off, zooming around the pitch at an impressive speed.

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So far, things seemed to be going well, right? It definitely seemed that way to Abra, and it was sort of his job to watch everything, after all. So far he had spent the majority of tryouts in the very centre of the Quidditch pitch, revolving slowly in the air on his broom in an attempt to watch all of the proceedings at the same time. He had to be quick, with his eyes on the other Gryffindors more than they were on the clipboard, and so he was putting a lot of his trust into his spell-check quill, that was for sure.

Zoryn still seemed to be having some trouble with that broom of hers - or... well... the broom of not-hers, which was probably the whole root of the issue there. Abra had been hoping that a few laps would help her adjust to it a little better, but mostly he was glad to see that Zoryn had certainly not lost her enthusiasm or skill for actually hitting targets with bludgers.

There was plenty of action over at the hoops, which was excellent to see. Anna - another new one to tryouts - certainly wasn't afraid to show her skills with scoring, or her confidence on a broom. Abra was pretty thrilled that she'd chosen to try out for the team this term. Beau too, though it would have been a shock if the third year hadn't shown up. He, like Anna, was doing a great job at showing what he could do on the approach to the hoops, not just in scoring, which was exactly the sort of thing Abra had been hoping to see. Luckily, Abra - being so far away - had also missed that little mutter of his earlier, and was pretty preoccupied with watching his skills with a quaffle in any case.

As for the Keepers, Abra was glad to have caught sight of Faith and that excellent dive for the post-goal quaffle. She was another one of those trying out who was on a U17 team, so it made sense that she knew how to fly. All Abra needed to see now was how she guarded the hoops... even though he had seen all the saves she had made on the team the year before. Well, so far, he liked what he was seeing. That went for everyone, really.

... Should he say something to everyone now? Or just leave them to get on with things? Abra was half tempted to call out that everyone was doing a great job and to keep up the good work, but he didn't want to be a distraction. Right now he thought maybe it was best to be a sort of visibly invisible presence, only stepping in when necessary and otherwise keeping a close eye on the proceedings. He nodded to himself; so far, things were going well. Much better than his earlier feelings of impending doom had tried to convince him of, at least.
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Chase grinned at Rylee's comment and gave her a little wave of his fingers. Yes, he HAD made it and was ready. And then he turned to Anna.. Merlin... That smile... Sometimes he could have sworn that she and all her siblings shared that smile. He chuckled and even gave her a small smile that soon disappeared when he heard Beau wish him and everyone else good luck. Butt.... Buttbrains? He blinked, watching Beau just walk on forward. Merlin. His mate had become unruly lately ever since he had mentioned the possibility of trying out for the team. Though... then again perhaps this was just Beau being Beau. He paused and then thought for a moment. Oh yeah, it was totally Beau just being Beau. He watched his dormie zoom off and he just chuckled.

On he went. He wasn't going to let name calling throw off his game. He decided to wait it out and watch his fellow housemates try out. He paused, watching them all go for it. And then it was his turn to step up. Right.... He had to attempt to score against the Keeper... but how? He had watched Anna and Beau show off some fancy moves. They were both really, really good. Tough acts to follow for sure. And for a moment, Chase Spenley doubted himself and doubted his decision about trying out for the team.

Stop it, he told himself, as he paused for a moment. "Alright.. My turn," he said to the group (or was it to himself?). He was unsure. He took a deep breath and then set his shoulders back. With another breath, he brought the quaffle sit safely between his knee and under his arm. Touching off from the ground, he did a large loop followed by a shorter one to increase his speed and then headed straight for the goals. He stayed bent down close to his broom as he zoomed along in order to avoid excess air resistance. Chase steered his broom on a sharp angle to the left before turning his broom in the opposite direction- sharp right. Then he shot himself towards the bottom right ring before ultimately dodging back to the left and scoring towards the left most ring.

With that shot made, he zoomed back towards his fellow Chasers and then picked up another quaffle. "Anyone want to go pass a quaffle?" asked he with a grin.
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Rylee looked over her shoulder at Abra and gave him a big warm smile. "You're welcome." She knew how these things worked. Holding a grudge against him because he got the position she wanted wouldn't be fair. He was a nice guy... and now... well if she made the team he would be her Captain. Odds were there was a lot he could teach her and if she held a grudge against him, how much would she really learn from him? There was a good reason she hadn't been made Seeker last term and he had. He was good at it. That was why. End of story. She would have her turn someday.

If only she could have continued to fly as fast as her broom could take her around the pitch. Only it wasn't so. There was more to tryouts then just flying laps around the pitch. Just as Rylee was coming out of her final lap something zipped past her head reminding her what she needed to do. There was a very sudden sharp pull of her broom to the left to get of the way of a bludger that seemed to have it out for her right now the darn thing not wanting to leave her be.

Laughing rather than being fearful since Abra ensured them all these were inflatable and wouldn't hurt much, Rylee zoomed up and down the length of the pitch dodging and weaving her way around the bludgers.

With two more laps done she headed for the center of the pitch to meet up with everyone else. After stating where it was she would be going to Abra it was time to decide where to go... first!
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS he had scored and he was officially better than all the rest.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.

What else was new??!

Beaaaauuuuuuuuu GO GO was eager to get going again and flew around the poles of the hoops a few times in celebration or preparation or whatever one would consider it. The fast and dizzy inducing flying. ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUND.

"HEY FAITH, you gotta swaP with me in a MINUTE OOOO-KKKAAAAYYYY????" Because this Montague wanted his time to SHINE as a keeper even though Faith showing up just meant that he didn't stand a chance in chocolate for that position this year. Ugggggh. But he still needed to SHOW that he could do it. He hadn't ever ever gotten the chance and HE NEEDED TO SHOW THAT.

And he would totally push the girl and her broom out of the way if it meant getting his turn.

Attention swept away, Beau flew over to Chase and gave his broom a tap. "Let's go. I want to see how good your passing is." And if he could KEEP UP on a broom. Got to keep up with BEAU GO GO, tho.
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Having flown her laps around the pitch, Rylee knew it was time to make her first choice in where show her skills. Abra had suggested she went for Chaser and then maybe Beater. Zoryn and trained her for Chaser and Keeper last term along with everywhere else. Her heart still kinda wanted Seeker but that feeling got pushed aside for the time being.

Rylee started off towards the Chasers area but half-way there the young lioness suddenly turned around and flew down towards the trunk that was on the ground. Without really thinking about it she grabbed herself a beaters bat, readjusted her weight on her broom and flew the other out to the Beaters station to join Zoryn sending the older girl a quick smile when she could.

Flexing her fingers around the bat she gave it a few quick practice swings just to get a feel for it. Not only that but she also had to get herself used to the movements of swinging a bat around through the air while flying again. Once she was ready, she was ready to go and though she was small, Rylee didn't hold anything back. All that anger, frustration, energy and other bottled up emotions was let out on those bludgers with each swing of the bat that she held firmly in her grasp.

She started out with the ones that didn't move before going on to the targets that moved around since those were no doubt more difficult. It was those that she did have a touch more trouble with. Missing one and her aim not hitting a few exactly in the center as nicely as she would have liked. Despite those issues however the strength and power she put behind each swing to smack at those bludges with was slightly alarming even to herself.
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Faith was on a whole roll, blocking quaffles from the chasers trying out -- the ones who weren't trying to pass the quaffle, of course. It was such a roll that it was served for dinner, hot, and buttery. The best kind of roll. The kind of roll you eat with pumpkin soup. Ah, pumpkin soup. Faith did love pumpkin soup.

Oops, we got a little distracted and missed a shot.

Hopefully, Abey didn't notice. *heh*

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Then she could take a break and do some zooms around the pitch. Except. He seemed to be going to practice passing a quaffle. Sure, that was probably more for the benefit of the new guy, because Faith was pretty sure Beau know how to pass a quaffle.

But for now, she was practising blocking shots with the tail of her broom. Which was the coolest type of block you could do as a keeper, but also the hardest. But it was convenient for if she overshot the target or was at a speed too fast or an angle too steep to let go of the broom so it's worth training up.

She probably shouldn't use tryouts as training, but #YOLO.
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